Two experiments were made showing that opioid involvement coincides with the magnitude of stress-induced analgesia. In Experiment I rats subjected to cold water swims were screened for jump threshold levels on electrified grid and divided into high, medium and low threshold responders' groups. Later on the three groups were given 90 s forepaw footshock. Tail-flick latencies rose highest in the ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Several physiological changes affecting physical fitness occur in humans whenever they are exposed to extremes of environments such as heat, cold and high altitude (HA). The present study was undertaken to evaluate effect of stay in desert and HA on physical fitness and body composition of physically active individuals. METHODS Study was conducted on three groups of ma...

Thousands of Indian lowlanders live and work at altitudes up to 6,400m in the western Himalayas for durations up to two years, and are exposed to hypobaric hypoxia and intense cold. Here, certain unique physiological changes occur in these individuals and they could also be afflicted with the well-known maladies of high altitude, i.e. acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary edema...

An investigational live influenza virus vaccine, FluMist, contains three cold-adapted H1N1, H3N2, and B influenza viruses. The vaccine viruses are 6/2 reassortants, in which the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes are derived from the circulating wild-type viruses and the remaining six genes are derived from the cold-adapted master donor strains. The six genes from the cold-adapted ...

this experiment contained four vetch lines (vicia panonica ) that conducted in two locations (faruj and bojnourd) in 2005-2006 in rcbd design with four replications under dryland conditions. analysis of variance indicated that there were significant differences among lines in different locations about all traits, except 100-seed weight. the interaction of genotype×location was significant on al...

The aim of the present study was to examine the possible role of personality traits in determining the variability of pain perception among individuals. More specifically, it was intended to test whether or not the three personality dimensions suggested by Cloninger in 1987 - mainly harm avoidance (HA), but also reward dependence (RD), and novelty seeking (NS), can predict interpersonal differe...